A DINNER. The members of the Bunbury Mu tual Improvement Association held their first dinner at tho Rose Hotel, on Monday last, The chair was occupied by Mr. Williams. Mr. Davis proposed the hrst toast, ' Success to the Bunbui'y Mutual Improvement Association,' and in the course of his remarks said — he felt it a great honor to be called upon to propose this toast. It gave him great pleasure to meet old associates who had treated him in a most hos pitable manner, which he would long remember with pleasure. Regarding the association he was firmly con vinced that it would be a power for good. He had not the pleasure of being with them on the occasion of their last meeting, but from reports, he had heard it was a success. He asked them to charge their glasses and drink success to the society. Mr. Richards, who responded on behalf of the society, expressed his regret that a better man had not been chosen to respond to the toast, but he would do his best. The field before them was large....

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS. (Before W. H. Timperley, Esq,, E.M., and J. F. Johnston, Esq., J,P.) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. , Police v. Kelly. This was a charge against James Kelly, of the Working Men's Club, Collie, for 'having ..sold intoxicating liquor to Lewis Davis on the 17th of December without having a license. Messrs. Stanley and Lovegrove ap peared for the defendant, and Sergt. Connor prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. There was considerable pub lic interest in the case, and the court was fairly filled, principally by resi dents of the Collie camp. Lewis Davis, who, a few minutes before was brought up on a charge of drunken ness, after being sworn, stated : I am a blacksmith and left the Harvey (where I had been working) on the 16th Dec, and went to the Collie Camp, where I arrived on the 17th. I went to an eating-house kept by J. Biley. I had a horse, saddle, and bridle, which I sold to Itiley for £3 10s. I then went to Kelly's public house (Mr. Stanley objected to this evi dence....

BUIOIDE AT ROEBOURNE. [From oua Correspoxdhht.] [Bt Tblbgbaph.] Robbocrnb, Tueadar. A shocking case of suicide haa occurred here, A man named Spur- ling deliberately shot himself through the head with a revolver. He had been ailing from an internal complaint for the last year. He leaves a wile and family who are living a't Guildford.

SPORTS AT TASSE, (From Ofr Cobbescoxpext.) Vassef Saturday. The sports organised by Mr. A. Moore came off on- 'Wednesday last, and drew together a large ntimber of people. SrfEFFiEXB Handicap,.. E. Donovan (.£3 life) ? ' ... 1 W. J. Harwood (£1) ? 2 H. Waldingliam (10s.) _ ? 3 Donovan and JTarwooel ran a dead heat in the filial, tlie rau off resulting as above. The Go-as-you-PIease fell t-IirQ-ngii for want of entries. Various other sports sneh as jumping. etc., wei*e got up on the ground amongst those pre sent', In the evening there was a good muster at the Weld Institute to witness the Tableaux Vivi&amp;nts and , concert, in aid of the Wonnerup Chui-eh Organ Fund. There was a danee after the concert, and all passed oft' well, which reflects great credit upon the promoters. Tb.e amount realised was somotttiiag like 14 guineas. There was also a dance tke nest evening for the children, bat I liave not heard the amount realised. r*o doubt it amounted to several pound 8 altogether....

THE LABELLING OE CO LONIAL MEAT. ? ?- - ? . It is reported that . a National ? . - ? Agricultural Union is being formed in England, under -the; presidency pf the JEarl:of Winchelaea, to com '?; pel the labelling of colonial meat. ?'?' The colonial agents will cordially assist in this direction, as dealers continually buy splendid colonial : mutton at low prices, and sell it as South Down. .-..,-

DEATH OF MR. AVERT. ? A gloom was spread over our town last week when news was received by telegraph that Mr. J. D. Avery was found dead in Mr. Woods' premises in Perth. It was only last week that Mr. Avery appeared at a dinner party in Bunbury in excellent health and spirits, and his sudden death created more than ordinary surprise, as the late deceased gentleman looked in splendid health when, he was here. We copy from The Daily News the particulars of his unfortunate end, as far as it had then become known: ' Mr. Avery went to the office of Mr. W. B. Wood, in Wellington street, about one o'clock on Thursday after noon last, and saying he wanted to lie down a little while he went into the cliaff room. Mr. Wood tried to. rouse him up before four o'clock, and, found him tying in the shed lifeless. The police were informed, and the body was removed to tho morgue at the Hospital, where a post mortem examination was made by direction of Mr. Cowan, P.M. An inquest was opened before Mr. ...

(To tha J'j litbr of The Bimbury Herald.) Sib, — Kindly allow ine to correct a statement made b}' u Resident'' re the Upper Preston School Examina tion in your last week's issue, to the effect that the school had only been open eight months, and that, three of the children were in the Seventh Standard. No doubt the intention was good, but the writer has been misitifonnec1, as our school was opened on the llth. January, and the highest Standard examined was the Fourth. Thanking you in anticipa tion. Tours etc., M. J. Hamilton, Upper Preston, Teacher. : Jan. 2nd, 1893. . .

THE STRIKE LEADERS. At Broken Hill touching al lusions were made in several of the churches on Sunday last to the distress occasioned by the misma nagement of .the labor leaders. The exodus of unemployed con tinues. . ? The town is iinusually full. A large number of Broken Hill peo ple aro continually arriving. The weather is magnificent.

(To. tho. Editor of The B anbury Hwahlj Sir, — Most persons will co.meitlo with the opinion of '.Argus'1 in. your contemporary of the 31st. ultimo, that the Progress Association is. not an institution that represents the opinion of the people. I am at a loss, there fore, to discover, what the ..writer aimed at in publishing so apparent a truism without at the same time in dicating the direction in which im-. provements might he effected. It has long been apparent that various causes have contributed to minimize, if not destroy, the influence for good that such an organization, judiciously conducted, is susceptible of effecting. * Not the least of these is the irrespon sible and irrepressible nature and method of publishing notices of mo tion on the most preposterous sub jects, rushing them through the meeting in the crudest forin, and harras8ing the Government with re solutions and representations, des patched to the Premier , and other ministers with but little super vision. There ...

CRICKET. Melbquihcb, Monday. In tho Cricket match South Australia v. Victoria. South Australia had first innings, and were, disposed of for 73, Victoria then went in and pvtt up a total of 180. In their second innings the. South Australians have scored 290 runs for six wickets. The game is proceeding.

THfi QtrilSfSxiLifP llACES, ' [F«0M OUIi CtiRRIijgi'OJJDliS'f.] VaSSB,- Qatui'day The Qnindftlup llaces, \vhichfcame off last week Was a Success so far Rg entries for ihe.varioua events went, There was also some Very good run ning, and several, very close finishes. The number. of persons on the course was not so large as last year*, still there was a fair attendance, Thca'0 were no lags than two I'flfrvtfhnieni stalls, besides mine host of the Vasae Hotel's booth, and all seemed to be doing a good trade. A fair quantity of vehicles were on the eonrso. Mr, F, Vine drdve afotirritt-handttKefirst that has ever been driven to the Qitindalnp course. The new stand erected foi* the stewards, is a great impvovemont to the cont-se, and proved a treat to those who were al lowed up, enabling them to gei a splendid view of all the horses. From start to finish the track was in very fair running order, and all passed off well. . After your repairer left tho course I learn that a donkey race was g...